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What's more engaging? "We know the facts. We have it all figured out." Then the facts change years later. Or "There's a great mystery here, a secret we haven'
by Buttons840 2y ago
What's more engaging?
"We know the facts. We have it all figured out." Then the facts change years later.
Or "There's a great mystery here, a secret we haven't yet found. We're still looking, but here's some ideas that seem to explain 90% of what we're seeing."
The second is so much more engaging and would promote more interest and science funding.
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoIt would also help retain public belief that science is a process for neutral seeking of the truth rather than a self-interested force with rapidly dropping credibility. Some revision is inevitable but it doesn't need to be routinely due to having been intentionally misleading.
- Tagbert 2y agoThe second is how I have normally seen dark matter presented. The first is only used as ridicule.